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The 0.96 inch display board seen at an angle: a small black board with a row of eight straight header pins standing up along its far edge, an orange display ribbon running into a socket on the left, a 15-way white flat-cable socket numbered 1 to 15 along the near edge, and two small solder jumpers marked GND CS and GND BL beside a mounting hole in each corner.
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0.96 Inch SPI TFT LCD Display Board, 80x160, ST7735

Six colour SPI display boards that are one circuit on six outlines: the same eight holes, the same 15-way ribbon socket, a backlight switched by a transistor, and a driver library that takes one constant per size. Which size to pick, how to wire it, and what is different about each.

Resolution
80 × 160pixels
Board
29.2 × 25.0mm
Backlight
Active lowBL low = lit
Supply
3.3V only
Start here · 13 The 0.96 inch boardOpen the board in 3D

Turn it over to see the glass, and touch each of the eight holes to see which signal it carries and what the board does with it on the way to the panel.

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Six sizes, one circuit

The same eight holes, the same 15-way ribbon socket and the same library constant pattern on every board. Pick by the size of picture you need.

You have this80 × 160pixels0.96 Inch SPI TFT LCD Display Board, 80x160, ST7735Board: 29.2 × 25.0 mm
See this board 128 × 160pixels1.8 Inch SPI TFT LCD Display Board, 128x160, ST7735Board: 35.0 × 56.7 mmSee this board 240 × 320pixels2.0 Inch SPI TFT LCD Display Board, 240x320, ST7789Board: 36.0 × 64.0 mmSee this board 240 × 320pixels2.4 Inch SPI TFT LCD Display Board, 240x320, ST7789Board: 44.0 × 75.0 mmSee this board 240 × 320pixels2.8 Inch SPI TFT LCD Display Board, 240x320, ST7789Board: 48.6 × 79.8 mmSee this board 320 × 480pixels3.5 Inch SPI TFT LCD Display Board, 320x480, ST7796Board: 54.6 × 95.6 mm
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